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J. G. WOLFF.

ARTICLE OP FURNITURE.

No. 335,667. Patented Feb. 9.1886.

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O N N NITED STATES ARTICLE 0F FURNITURE.

SPECIFICATION rowing prr of Letters Patent No. 335,667, dated rebruary 9, ieee.

Application filed August 11, 1885. Serial No. 174,094. (No model.) Patented in France une 25, 1885, No. 169,783,- in Belgium July 10, 1885, No. 69,551, and in England July 14, 1885, No. 8,512.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known th at I, Josnrn GERMAIN WoLrr, gentleman, a citizen of the Republic of France, residing at Paris, have invented anew and Improved Article of Furniture, (for which I have obtained Letters Patent in France, dated J une 25, 1885, No. 169, 783, for

fifteen years; Belgium, dated July 10, 1885,-

No. 69,551, for fifteen years, and England, dated July 14, 1885, No. 8,512, for fourteen years5) and I do hereby declare that the following is'a full and exact description thereof, reference being made to the accompanying drawings.

According to this invention a number of traveling cases or trunks are constructed in a peculiar manner, so that they may be placed together, one above another, forming an article of furniture containing a writing-desk, drawers, cases, lookingglasses or mirrors, shelves, 85o. When the article of furniture is taken to pieces, each of the trunks composing it can be used or carried about separately.

In the illustrative drawings hereunto annexed, Figure 1 shows a perspective front elevation of the article of furniture put together complete, and Fig. 2 shows a similar elevation with the trunks composing the same opened.

The article of furniture is formed of a series of traveling cases or trunks, a Z) c el e, which,when stripped of their traveling-covers it one over the other, the bottoms and tops of each being provided for that purpose with alternating interlocking projections and recesses .r which fit into one another, as shown. A cornice, k, which completes the article of furniture, is movable, and can be folded at the joints k' k2, to enable it to be inclosed in one of the trunks. The lowermost trunk, a, rests on two cross-pieces, ff', which act as feet. It isdivided vertically by a partition, g, into two parts, one of which is closed hermetically by a face-board, 7o, and a door, h. In the compartment thus formed soiled linen or other objects can be placed.

The trunk b, next above, comprises a range of drawers, t, and below them a sliding writing-desk, m, which may be drawn out and pushed in by the handles m m. It is supported by the movable bar m, which can be .drawn forward. The shelf or desk m may be arranged to let down, instead of sliding horiA zontally, if preferred. Any number of looking-glasses or mirrors n n and shelves rr may be arranged and fitted according to the requirements of the owner. These shelves or divisions rr, which divide the trunks into two parts, may be hinged so as to lift up, to facilitate the storage of valuables. All the trunks open in front by two doors, p p', secured by locks or bolts. The trunks, with or without panels, are furnished with handles g q at the ends. They are also furnished with upright rods s s, forming supports Vfor the front of the article of furniture,and with angle-pieces o o, placed at the internal corners, in order to give the necessary strength and. rigidity. Metal frames may be used instead ol the angle-pieces u o, if preferred.

lt may be observed, first, that each of the trunks can be fitted with strapped cases for linen or clothing, and may be closed, when the doors p p are open, by curtains or by boards', so that the said trunks shall present all the advantages of ordinary trunks furnished with strapped cases, toiletlboxes, hatboxes, Sie.; secondly, that any one ofthe trunks can be suppressed or be placed the first, seoond, third, fourth, or fifth, die., in order, and that articles of furniture thus formed may serve for cases or boxes of various kinds, bookcases, &c.

The number, shape, and dimensions of the trunks may be varied according to circumstances and the purpose which the article of furniture they compose is intended to fulfil.

I do not claim a box having pivoted pins, nor anything shown in Patent No. 85,811, granted to E. Gill, January 12, 1869.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is The combination of the series of trunks a b c d with one another, said trunks having the interlocking contact-faces w', the folding' front doors, p p', and upright ,rods s, so as to be adapted to constitute a single article of furniture, substantially as herein shown and dcscribed.

. JOSEPH GERMAIN WOLFF. Witnesses:

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